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(More customer reviews)Eat Smart in India by Joan Peterson and Indu Menon with illustrations by Susan Chwae is a MUST for your travels to (or living in) India. "Everyone gets sick in India," was the warning we received before we travelled there recently, so we ordered this book, but, alas, it didn't arrive in time and YES, EVERYONE gets sick in India! On our tour of 28 people who had long bus rides on many days EVERYONE had diarrhea, which is a sure way to make a trip miserable! Indian food is highly spicy, and ,for people unaccustomed to these delicious and unusual flavors, it is an aggressive assault on the digestive system, yet the food tastes so good you keep eating it at first, having no idea what you are tasting. With this wonderful book you can avoid all the misery and enjoy the wonderful foods and you can prepare the national favorites at home with the easy to follow recipes and places to order hard-to-find ingredients. The book does not overlap other travel guides in listing restaurants; instead Eat Smart Guides tell the history of the country's cuisine, the traditional and popular food customs and their meanings, and guides you through the markets and ordering in restaurants. Most helpful is the section of descriptions of the most frequently encountered dishes and their names and flavors, so you can know what you are ordering. Good color photographs show what some of these dishes look like. Each of the spices and herbs are listed, telling the flavor and how these are used. The author stresses that the best way to learn a country and its people is to mix with them in popular restaurants for locals and to enjoy their food and their company in off-the-beaten tourist paths. You can use this book to prepare and try some of the dishes before you leave home so as to know what your stomach is ready for, or to continue to enjoy some of your favorite discoveries when you return home. GET THIS BOOK BEFORE GOING TO INDIA! Excellent!
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